Idolator

Having way too much time on my hands, I decided to investigate exactly what constitutes a "Christmas version" of a Mettalica hit. Evidently, you suck all the life out of the song (not required for Nothing Else Matters), and then add jingle bells.

[vitaminrecords.com]

This is a mixed bag for me -- I love the color scheme, but it's the drawing that's lazy, really sub-Rankin-Bass.

i actually like everything about this one except for the drawing... replace Santa with a caricature of Lars Ulrich wearing an elfin cap and i'd nominate this for BEST album cover of the year.

Mock the fugly cover all you want, 20-30 years from now that CD will be worth $200 to "esoterica" collectors.

It's blue because that way they only have to pay for two colors: blue and black, rather than full-color, which probably costs more down at the disc manufacturers. Although I guess that doesn't answer the question of why it's not red...

@dennisobell: @dippinkind: Agreed. Lazy.
Perhaps this will lead to a new Idolator contest: Photoshop / "remix" your favorite band's covers, like In Rainbows!

I'm gonna start a label right now and publish only weird cover albums of Metallica and Radiohead. I reckon there's a market out there for that stuff.